1(b)

A good listener is someone who hears the music within the music. Or the voice within the voice (Henri Meschonnic: »la voix dans la voix«, see Nous le chant).It is for these listeners that I write my music. When I think of listeners, I do not think of an audience.

This sort of listener is also someone who witnesses - and may be able to bear witness to – what is going on in music. Or what music is ›saying‹, and yet can’t say, since music itself is not a language. What music doesn’t say, the listener does.(translation: Robert Coupe)